[Bug 1388889] [NEW] [MIR] intel-microcode & iucode-tool (multiverse -> restricted)

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MIR: Main Inclusion Report intel-microcode (multiverse -> restricted)

[Availability]

* Available from multiverse for i386 amd64 architectures

[Rationale]

* intel-microcode package installs and performs early loading of Intel
CPU microcodes to update and rectify CPU bugs, in the field, post
general availability.

* Also see request to install intel-microcode by default, when Intel
CPUs are detected https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-
drivers-common/+bug/1386257

* This would help to mitigate bugs in the field, for example, like the
recent Errata that prompted to disable TSX on certain line of CPUs.

[Security]

* intel-microcode are essentially firmware blobs that are loaded onto
compatible CPUs. It's had/impossible to inspect the blobs themselves,
thus this package is multiverse, and requested to move into restricted.
>From packaging point of view, it simply ships an initramfs-tools hook.

[QA]

* Package requires no further configuration after installation.
* Package does not deal with exotic hardware, on the contrary Intel CPUs have a large/majority market share of the i386/amd64 Ubuntu ports.
* Dependencies iucode-tool is required, which is also requested to move into restricted.

** Affects: intel
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: intel-microcode (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: iucode-tool (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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[MIR] intel-microcode & iucode-tool (multiverse -> restricted)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1388889
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